VARIOUS VITTLES

by Nancy Honssinger

The Ozark housewife's kitchen would be
bustling with activity during the exciting days
just before Christmas. Besides preparing the
various pies, puddings and cookies for
Christmas festivities, there would always be a
day set aside for candy making. The kitchen
would be bright and alive with children's
laughter as they helped their mother make and
sample different kinds of candy for the
holidays. For years candy has been a favorite
of young and old alike. Here are some recipes
I hope will satisfy your sweet tooth.

The first two recipes were found in my grandfather's old trunk. The rest were handwritten in my
grandmother's old cookbook.

KARO FUDGE

Grate chocolate and stir in milk. Add granulated sugar and Karo syrup. Put over fire and stir in
butter when chocolate is melted. Cook slowly. Stir once in awhile. When mixture makes a soft
ball in cold water it is done. Flavor with vanilla.

JANUARY THAW

Put sugar and milk in a saucepan and let it dissolve slowly. Add butter and let boil until it forms a
ball when dropped in cold water. Remove from stove and add the chopped nuts and beat well.
Pour into a buttered pan and when cooled cut into squares.

PEANUT BRITTLE

2 cups granulated sugar
1 tsp. butter
1 cup coarsely chopped peanuts

Put sugar in iron saucepan and let it melt over a moderately hot fire. Add the butter and nuts and
immediately pour into a well greased pan. Mark into squares when sufficiently cooled.

MEXICAN CREAM CANDY

3 cups granulated sugar
1 cup milk
1 Tbs. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
Nuts

Carmelize 1 cup sugar, stir, add rest of sugar and milk. The carmelized sugar will harden (must be
cooked very slowly and stirred to dissolve). Cook until it forms a soft ball, add butter, vanilla and
beat. Add nut meats before pouring into pan.

DIVINITY

Cook sugar, water and syrup until it forms a soft ball in cold water. Pour half the cooked syrup
over the egg whites and beat. Cook the rest of the syrup until it forms a hard ball in cold water. Pour over egg whites
and beat then add vanilla.